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PATENTED NOV. 10,` 1903.

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APPLIGATION FILED MAB. 22, 1902.

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UNITED STATES -atented November 10, i903.

GASTON A. BRONDER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 743.613, dated November 10, 1903- Application filed March 22, 1902.

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GASTON A. BRONDER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Conveyers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to conveyors that op- Io crate in water-sealed conduits.A Its object is the production of conveyors operating in water-sealed conduits and the like, with appurtenanoes that Will discharge the dust, smoke, or other gases which may be generated in said conduits and also any solid material, such as coke-breeze when used as a coke-conveyor, that may be spilled from the conveyerinto the conduit-,and -means to maintain uniform Water seals in the conduits.

In my patent application filed May 3, 1901, Serial No. 58,644, a conveyor operating in a Water-sealed conduit is shown, described, and claimed, and the specific points of novelty in this invention are the means employed to discharge the solid material which may be spilled into the conduits and also the means by which the water seal is kept at a uniform level while operating the conveyers through the said conduits.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l shows an elevation of my invention applied to a retort stack-house, with a section as on the line w of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan of Fig. l, with a horizontal section through the wall of the house. Fig. 3 shows a partial section, on an enlarged scale, on the line w so of Fig. 2. Fig.

4 represents a partial section of Fig. 3 on the lines m2 and m4. Fig. 5 is a section on the line x3 x3 of Fig. 3. Fig. 6 shows a plan view of 4o a collecting-chamber. Fig. Y7 represents an enlarged section of the lower runway-track and appurtenances as on the line x5 c5 of Fig. 5.

Referring to the drawings, a retort stackhouse is shown at A with mouthpieces B. A

floor C constitutes a platform extending beyond the Walls of the stack-house, and chutes D, arrangedbelow the level of said door, lead to conduits consisting of the troughs e e below 5o the top run of conveyors with buckets G and over which are supported the dues F2 F F3.

The top surfaces of the said troughs e' e' con- Serisl No. 99,422. (No modell stitute runway-tracks for the wheels T of the conveyors. The linked drive-chains R of the conveyors are driven by the sprocket drivewheels II and turn over the idler-wheels I, the lower or secondary line of conveyors running on the runway-tracks c3.

Guides J are.V placed near the idler-Wheels 'I to lead the conveyors into the said conduits,

and the guides K near the ends e6 of the troughs and directly over depressions e5 in thetroughs deflect the conveyor-buckets be- 10W the level of the main horizontal runs of the said conveyors, thereby securing the ef-z fective submerging of the contents of the conveyers.

The ues F2 F Fsare connected with an eri-v haust blower or apparatus M by means of the piping L, the said tlues extending at the ends to F2 and F3, so as to closely approach the ondary chambers W', that lead to a third set of chambers Y', the latter incasin g propellers Y2. Piping Y extends from the chamber Y' to other portions of the trough, as at Yl, constituting by-passes for the troughs of the conveyers, and the propellers may be employed to force the water through the said by-passes,

. orsteam-injectors Y may be used either alone or in conjunction 4with the propellers, particularly if the Water in the piping becomes frozen.

Each propeller Y2 is secured to a shaft y, turning in a stuffing-box Y5, projecting from the chamber W.

A secondary conveyor Z operates in the co1- lecting-chamber W, and its blades Z3' move on or in close proximity to an inner surface w of the said chamber W. Perforations w lead to the secondary chamber W and Wastechannel W2, from which latter extends an apron 2.05. A pair of driving-wheels Z and idlers Z2 sustain and guide the said conveyor Z, which is propelled by means of the shaft Z4. The sides w3 of the collecting-chamber ICO extending from and below the floor C. The

collecting-chambers NV are secured to the trough with anges and are also carried by columns W4.

At the lowerportion of Fig. 3 there is shown a bucket in its inverted position on its runway-tracks e3, supported on ties e4 by forming in the ends of the said ties hooks e5 and beveled ends e6, the tracks being forced under the hooks by washers es, which bear against the flange of the track by means of bolts e9. 'lhe lues consist of the side Wallsf, with covers f2, secured to angles f8, supported on the hangers or stanchions Q. The said side walls fare extended to project between the sides g of the buckets and the Wheels or runninggear thereof. Angles f4 are fastened to the sidesj' to prevent material dropping between the sides g of the conveyer-s and the sides f of the flues. Cross-braces f5 span the iiues at intervals to scrape off and level any over-A charge in the conveyers, thereby preventing the choking of the fines.

The chutes D comprise the lxed sides d d and a movable or swinging side d2, which latter can be tilted on pivots d3, thereby forming a diverting-chute, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 3. By means of the movable sides the respective chutes D can be closed, and the coke can slide down the said tilted sides in the ordinary way, allowing repairs and adjustments to be made to the conveyers.

The conveyers consist of the buckets G, with sides g and bottoms g', which extend upwardly beyond the sides g and are connected with the linked drive-chainsR. In the fronts q2 of the buckets are holes g3, and in the rear ends there are formed perforations g4. The linked drive-chains R carry axles S, on which the wheels T turn.

The piping under the floor C consists, essentially, of the main runs P, with spray-outlets 195 and valves p. Over the chutes D are hinged swinging covers U, from which extend the links p2, that are connected to levers p3, extending from the valves p', by virtue of which the valves are actuated by the opening and closing \of the covers. Secondary outlet-pipes 196197, with valves p9, also extend from the main runs of piping P.

To use my invention and propel the conveyers and their appurtenances,an engine O, by belting or equivalent means, drives the wheels H of the linked drive-chains R and the respective pulleys M of the blower M, Y6 of the propellers Y2, and the pulleys Z5 of the driving-wheels Z of the secondary conveyers Z. The covers Uare opened to allow the hot coke or other material to be discharged from the mouthpieces B and fall into carries away the gas and smoke.

the buckets G of the conveyer, and with the same operation the valves p are opened, thereby quenching the charges andspraying the same as they pass under the water-outlets. The trough is previously filled with water to a level indicated by the line V, which is above the lower edges of the sidesfof the iues, thereby sealing the lower sides of the said flues and preventing any dust, smoke, or other gases from escaping excepting by way of the blower apparatus, which also creates a suction inwardly in thechutes D and prevents dust, smoke, gases, or vapor rising in the said chutes. Should the material beinsufliciently sprayed by the perforated spraypipes p5, the secondary outlet-pipes 196197 are provided to thoroughly quench the same. The edect of the water is to precipitate any dust and allow it to be carried away by the conveyer', and the exhaust-blower apparatus The holes vg3 g4 in the buckets allow the water contained in the trough to enter said buckets.

When the conveyer, with its buckets G, is

.travelingin itsf'lue and itis used forconveying and quenching coke, a quantity of breeze will be deposited-on the bottom of the trough which will be carried to the collecting-chamber W, where it is taken by the conveyer Z and deposited on the outside over the apron @05, and the perforations w in the side w of the said chamber allow the water to run through the same,coustituting a strainer, and the conveyer-blades operating over the said holes keep them clean. If the water-level rises, it runs into the wastechannel W2. The propeller-wheel Y2 or steam-injector Ys takes the water from the' secondary chamber W', connected with the collecting-chamber W, and by means of the pipe Yforces the water to the other end of the trough, as Y4, and consequently maintains the water at a uniform height in the trough and flue, avoiding friction between the conveyer and the water by circulating the said water at the same speed as the conveyer. It will be noted that without means to return the water to the other end of the trough or liue the conveyer would soon drive all of the waterout of the trough.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination of a conveyer, a liquidsealed conduit between the body of the conveyer and its running-gear, means for propeiling the conveyer in the conduit, and means for maintaining the water in the conduit at a uniform level when operating the conveyer.

2. The combination of a conveyer, a liquid- IOO looting-chamber connected with the trough, piping connecting the said chamber with another portion of the trough.

4:. The combination of a conveyor, a trough below the conveyor arranged to submerge only the body of the conveyor, a collectingchamber connected with the trough, piping connecting the chamber Withanother portion of the trough, and means to take a fluid from the chamber and drive it through the piping and again into the trough.

5. The combination ofa conveyor, a trough below the conveyor, the conveyor extending into the trough, a collecting-chamber connected 'with the trough, piping connecting the said chamber to another portion of the trough, a propeller-wheel forcing the Water from the collecting-chamber through the piping and into the trough, and a steam-injector in the piping.

6. The combination of a conveyor, a trough below the conveyor, the conveyor extending into the trough, a collecting-chamber connected with the trough, a secondary chamber extending from the collecting-chamber, perforations between the chambers, piping extending from the secondary chamber to another portion ot" the trough, a third chamber in the piping, a propeller-Wheel operating in the third chamber forcing the water from the secondary chamber to another portion of the trough.

7. The combination of a bucket-conveyor, a water-trough, means to submerge the buckets of the conveyor in the said trough, means to expel smoke and gases from the conveyor, a collecting chamber connected with the trough, means to force a fluid from the said chamber to another portion of the trough, and means to propel the conveyor.

8. The combination ofa conveyor, a trough below the conveyor, the body of con veyer extending into the trough, a collecting-chamber connected with the trough, piping connecting the said chamber with another portion of the trough, a secondary conveyor operating in the said chamber, holes in ono of the sides of the chamber, the secondary conveyor operating over the said holes, a secondary chamber connected with the collocting-chamberby said holes, and avreste-channel connected to the collecting-chamber by moans of said holes.

9. The combination ofaconveyer, atrough, the body of the conveyor operating in the trough, a ue around the conveyor, runninggear of the conveyor operating outside of the trough and iiue, a collecting-chamber connected with the trough, moans to force the water from the collecting-chamber back into the trough, means to remove material collected in the chamber, and means to exhaust gases from the iue and trough.

10. The combinationofaconveyeigrunwayf tracks for the conveyor, hooks incasing the runway-tracks, beveled Washers securing the runway-tracks i n position with the said hooks, and moans to drive the conveyor.

1l. The combination of a conveyer,atrough, the body of the conveyor operating in the trough, a flue covering the conveyor, runninggear of the conveyor outside of the trough and fine, chutes leading to the flue, a swinging sido in each of said chutes forming a diverting-chute.4

12. The combination of a conveyer,a trough to submerge the conveyor, a ue above the conveyor, water-outlets in the trough, means to control the said outlets, a collecting-chamber connected with the trough, means to drive water from the collecting-chamber and again into the tro ugh,.moans to expel material spilled into the trough, and means to expel gases from the tine. s

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and Stato of New York, this 7th day of March, A. D. 1902. l

GASTON A. BRONDER.

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